#48488D#48488D

#48488D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.111 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48488D
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 141)
HSL	hsl(240, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(240, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 48.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, 19.57, -38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 43.16, 296.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.0208 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.111 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7961, 7.9350, 26.2096)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48488D #8D8D48

analogous

#486B8D #48488D #6B488D

triadic

#48488D #8D4848 #488D48

tetradic

#48488D #8D486B #8D8D48 #488D6B

square

#48488D #8D486B #8D8D48 #488D6B

split-complementary

#48488D #8D6B48 #6B8D48

monochromatic

#1F1F3C #333364 #48488D #6363AF #8B8BC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#48488D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#48488D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48488D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48488D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48488D	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48488d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.111 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807baf',
    500: '#48488d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48488d;
$custom-light: #807baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48488d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43738,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48488D

secondary

#B0B081

accent

#C95FC9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0A0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48488D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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